Test 4 · Retrieval: finding the answer in the text ★★★ Text: «Rain fell on Monday. Tuesday was dry but cold, 4°C. Wednesday was sunny, 9°C.» Kit says Monday was the coldest day. What's the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rain, Tuesday, 4 ° C., 9 ° C., Monday, best reply · What happens: fall, be, say · To what, where: ★ ★ Text, coldest day · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 17 «Retrieval: finding the answer in the text» of the English course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school .
The question Sentence 1: ★★★ Text: «Rain fell on Monday.
nsubj compound compound punct punct nsubj acl:relcl case obl punct root ★ PROPN ★ NOUN ★ NOUN Text NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Rain NOUN fell VERB on ADP Monday PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ★ ★ PROPN Number=Sing 4 Text nsubj 2 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 4 Text compound 3 ★ ★ NOUN Number=Sing 4 Text compound 4 Text text NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 fell punct 6 « « PUNCT _ 8 fell punct 7 Rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 8 fell nsubj 8 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 Text acl:relcl 9 on on ADP _ 10 Monday case 10 Monday Monday PROPN Number=Sing 8 fell obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 Text punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall in a quote past Rain ★ ★ Text not said here monday vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient text=Result
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Tuesday was dry but cold, 4°C. Wednesday was sunny, 9°C.» Kit says Monday was the coldest day.
nsubj cop cc conj punct nummod compound nsubj appos cop conj punct nummod compound nsubj punct nsubj parataxis nsubj cop det amod ccomp punct root Tuesday PROPN was AUX dry ADJ but CCONJ cold ADJ , PUNCT 4 NUM ° SYM C. NOUN Wednesday PROPN was AUX sunny ADJ , PUNCT 9 NUM ° SYM C. NOUN » PUNCT Kit NOUN says VERB Monday PROPN was AUX the DET coldest ADJ day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tuesday Tuesday PROPN Number=Sing 3 dry nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 dry cop 3 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 but but CCONJ _ 5 cold cc 5 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 3 dry conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 12 sunny punct 7 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 C. nummod 8 ° ° SYM _ 9 C. compound 9 C. c. NOUN Number=Sing 12 sunny nsubj 10 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN Number=Sing 9 C. appos 11 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 sunny cop 12 sunny sunny ADJ Degree=Pos 3 dry conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 9 punct 14 9 9 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 16 C. nummod 15 ° ° SYM _ 16 C. compound 16 C. c. NOUN Number=Sing 19 says nsubj 17 » » PUNCT _ 16 C. punct 18 Kit kit NOUN Number=Sing 19 says nsubj 19 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 dry parataxis 20 Monday Monday PROPN Number=Sing 24 day nsubj 21 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 24 day cop 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 day det 23 coldest cold ADJ Degree=Sup 24 day amod 24 day day NOUN Number=Sing 19 says ccomp 25 . . PUNCT _ 3 dry punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Tuesday dry property tree rules 2 be Tuesday not said here tree rules 3 is past 4 ° C. sunny property tree rules 4 say speech: assert in a quote present 9 ° C. vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 5 is a in a quote past Monday the coldest day tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the best reply?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET best ADJ reply NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 reply det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 reply amod 5 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best reply tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, rain always means the coldest day of the week
discourse punct nsubj advmod det amod obj case det nmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT rain NOUN always ADV means VERB the DET coldest ADJ day NOUN of ADP the DET week NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 means advmod 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 day det 7 coldest cold ADJ Degree=Sup 8 day amod 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 9 of of ADP _ 11 week case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 week det 11 week week NOUN Number=Sing 8 day nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present rain day always property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The text doesn't give Monday's temperature, so we can't tell
det nsubj aux advmod nmod:poss case obj punct advmod nsubj aux advmod conj root The DET text NOUN does AUX n't PART give VERB Monday PROPN 's PART temperature NOUN , PUNCT so ADV we PRON ca AUX n't PART tell VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 text det 2 text text NOUN Number=Sing 5 give nsubj 3 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 give aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 give advmod 5 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 Monday Monday PROPN Number=Sing 8 temperature nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Monday case 8 temperature temperature NOUN Number=Sing 5 give obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 tell punct 10 so so ADV _ 14 tell advmod 11 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 14 tell nsubj 12 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 tell aux 13 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 14 tell advmod 14 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 give conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not give present · do-support the text Monday's temperature vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Theme 2 not tell speech: assert can we vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 No, Wednesday was the coldest because it was sunny
discourse punct nsubj cop det mark nsubj cop advcl root No INTJ , PUNCT Wednesday PROPN was AUX the DET coldest ADJ because SCONJ it PRON was AUX sunny ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 3 Wednesday discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN Number=Sing 6 coldest nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 coldest cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 coldest det 6 coldest cold ADJ Degree=Sup root root 7 because because SCONJ _ 10 sunny mark 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 sunny nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 sunny cop 10 sunny sunny ADJ Degree=Pos 6 coldest advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Wednesday cold property tree rules 2 is past it sunny property tree rules
Option 4 Yes, because Monday comes first in the text
discourse punct mark nsubj advmod case det obl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT because SCONJ Monday PROPN comes VERB first ADV in ADP the DET text NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 comes discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 comes punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 5 comes mark 4 Monday Monday PROPN Number=Sing 5 comes nsubj 5 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 5 comes advmod 7 in in ADP _ 9 text case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 text det 9 text text NOUN Number=Sing 5 comes obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present Monday the text first property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in text=Location
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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